Social Media
Leading mobile operator Vodacom invests in Zoopy
Zoopy, the South African based video sharing and social media web site has just announced on their blog that Vodacom have invested and taken up a 40% stake in the company. Zoopy allows users to share content such as blogs, video and podcasts. Zoopy just recently passed their 10,000th upload and announced a partnership [...]
Revisting Buzzfuse with thoughts of an additional business model
The initial review of buzzfuse was by far the most negative i have done, and i hate to do that since the goal of this site is to actually promote local companies, however i feel what is much more important is being honest about your opinions. Do not get me wrong, i do think [...]
Afrigator, raises the game for other social media aggregators
Afrigator, the social media aggregator for Africa has raised the game when it comes to web 2.0. They have added a feature that allows you to automatically import your blogroll as friends.
Buzzfuse, content marketing and promotion?
Buzzfuse, a South African based internet startup is a promotion engine for your content. The features are a mix between social bookmarking where popular content is promoted to the home page, an aggregator of media, social networking and they also throw in some reporting and stats.
Afrigator, Africa’s Social Media Aggregator Beta 2 Launch
Afrigator, the African social media aggregator has launched beta version 2 of their web site. The home page has been given an overhaul, now with tabs splitting content by Recent, Most Clicked and popular. In addition to this you get a custom tab which lets you customize the home page and view only [...]
South African Social News Round Up - laaikit vs muti
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laaikit the new kid in the social news/bookmarking space by News24 was launched late last year. They have all the typical features you would expect for a social news site such as voting up/down and comments. The categories under which sites can be classified are exactly like the news24 site. [...]
Sturvs, Social bookmarking for Nigeria with a twist
Sturvs, Nigerias answer to digg, is a social bookmarking web site with a bit of a twist. Sturv is the colloquial word for ’stuff’ in Nigeria and thanks to Loy at startupsnigeria for the tip. You can view sturvs classified under ‘Hot’ and ‘Latest’. The home page also has two small boxes on [...]
SpringLeap, Crowd Sourcing T-Shirt Design
SpringLeap, a South African based internet startup allows anyone to submit designs for a T-Shirt. Each month a winner is selected based on voting and they receive a cash prize of R7000(+-$1000). The winning designer receives R2 commission and runners up receive R1 commission for every sale. The T-Shirts are distributed locally at selected stores [...]
